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The Country Doctor

By: Honoré de Balzac

...wisdom did not al- low him to make any journey in vain, had just come from Grenoble, and was on his way to the Grande Chartreuse, after obtaining on t... ...a shot was fired at me from the corner of a wood. “I went to the Bishop of Grenoble and asked him to change the cure. Monseigneur was good enough to a... ...aintance. “I have heard of the almost miraculous recovery of M. Gravier of Grenoble, whom you received into your house,” was the soldier’s answer. “I ... ...nts. Any money 29 Balzac which you may pay me will go to the druggists in Grenoble, to pay for the medicine required by the poor of the neigh- borhoo... ...n any money was the cheese, which most of them carried in small baskets to Grenoble or its outskirts. The richer or the more energetic among them sowe... ...ther end of the chain, which was driven into the wood. Any one who went to Grenoble, whether on horse- back or afoot, was obliged to follow a track hi... ...f various kinds required from time to time by the canton, and went over to Grenoble, where I found a young craftsman, a clever worker, but without any... ...him to sell his baskets at rather lower prices than they asked for them in Grenoble, while, at the same time, they were better made. He entered into m... ... to make a hard road, so as to put us in communication with the highway to Grenoble, the deputy-mayor would be the first gainer by it; for instead of ...

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